US pharaohs of technical brutality Nile are heading to UK shores this summer for a string of live dates in June and the band have just announced a date at Audio in Glasgow in addition to their previously announced tour.

Nile released their seventh studio album 'At The Gate Of Sethu' in 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

Vocalist Karl Sanders commented, "This album sends you right into the deepest catacombs and the song structures with their brutal psychological effect will make you want to scream: 'Yeah, that hurts - please beat me again with such merciless intensity!'"

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Nile were formed in Greenville, South Carolina in 1993, from the ashes of a previous band Morriah in which Karl Sanders had played since the 80s.

The debut line up of the band released their first EP, 'Festivals of Atonement' in 1995 which lead to a tour support ing acts like Obituary and Deicide.

The album 'At The Gate Of Sethu' album was recorded and produced by Neil Kernon (Queensryche) at Soundlab in Columbia, South Carolina and also in the band's hometown of Greenville which is the first recording to feature new bass player Todd Ellis who joined the band during the recording process.

You can see the official video for 'Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame' here:

'At The Gate Of Sethu' Track List:
Enduring the Eternal Molestation of Flame
The Fiends Who Come to Steal the Magick of the Deceased
The Inevitable Degradation of Flesh
When My Wrath Is Done
Slaves of Xul
The Gods Who Light Up the Sky at the Gate of Sethu
Natural Liberation of Fear Through the Ritual Deception of Death
Ethno-musicological Cannibalisms
Tribunal of the Dead
Supreme Humanism of Megalomania
The Chaining of the Iniquitous

You can see Nile live here:
Sunday 22nd June - The Brook, Southampton
Monday 23rd June - The Underworld, London (with Vicious Rumors)
Tuesday 24th June - Audio, Glasgow
Wednesday 25th June - Corporation, Sheffield
Thursday 26th June - The Robin 2, Bilston